Toy kinematograph.



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TOY KINEMATOGRAPHL PPLIOATION FILED OUT. 22, 1909.

Patented Mar.26, 1912.

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0. MESSTER. TOY KINEMATOGRAPH.

APELIUATION FILED 001. 22, 1909; 1,020,999, Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

0,. M'ESSTER. TOY KINBMATbGRAPH. APPLIOATION TIL ED OCT. 22, 1909.

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TOY KINEMATOG-RAPH. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 22, 1909 Patented Mar.26,1912.

Wit'nsses I I Invenloz idlycdii-nected together by two plates 24 Ahorizontal shaft 32 is inounted in the two by parallel dotted lines inFig, 1. The pictures in alternating series,

one end in the one frame plate 2 and extend ,essary that .31 is providedwith notches 33, into an of ;.which the is provided with two parallelslots or thelike for permitting the pins of the two guiding wheels 13and 1 1 to engage in the holes 15 of the film band 17. A further guideit? may be disposed on the box 1 for guiding the film band 17, which maybe permitted to hang down or to slide into some receptacle not shown.The two belt pulleys 21 and 20 are connected wgether by an endless belt21- or the like. Tlwoparallel horizonta guiding pins 27 and 28 arefastened at at the other end through holes (Fig. 4) in the other frameplate 2. On these two guiding pins 27 and 28 two sleeves 25 and 26 are'i pounted to slide, while they-are rigand. The plate 24; is bent atright angles. and its free part is made to slide on the stationary guide1 -3 1 ;and is provided with an opening 48 (Fl gh The upper sleeve 25 isshown as made inione with a rack 29.

stays 38 and 39 to turn and carries a pinion 30 meshing with the rack 29and a knurled knob 31, which latter can he turned .-;With

It will be seen, that the parts 24, 25, 26.- and 24 form a carriage; onwhich. an objective 22 of any known construction and a projecting device23 are fastened. The projecting device 23 is shown to be similar inconstruction to a telescope and tocontain an illuminating deviceconsisting of a small incandescent lamp 23. 'The latter can he Qsupplied with current through some con-. ductor 49 from the battery orother source the box 1 by switching on a switch 50 era; the like. Thesupport 5 may be provided with ahincandescent lamp 51 (Fig. 1) fortheoperator, which lamp 51 can be supplied withcurrent through anotherconductor 52.

The film band 17 is assumed to com rise four juxtaposed series ofpictures, whic 1 are not actually shown but aremerely indicated forexample in the first and third series in Fig. 1, when. counting fromleft to right, follow oneanother in the direction from'below so that thefilm band 17 requires to he moved downward for exhibiting the pictures.The pictures in the other series, that is in the second and fourthseries, follow one another in the direction from above to below,'sothat'the film band reqniresto be moved upward, in other words it must bewound on the drum 16. Of course it necthe horizontal center line ofg theobjective 22 and the" projecting device-23 should cut the verticalcenter line of any of the, series of pictures. In order to insurethis,an inner'circ'ular'port-ion of the knob bent end of a leaf spring 34(Fig;

to above,

minating device,

1) fastened on one frame plate 2 can engage. It will now be clear, thatfor chang mg from one series of pictures to the other one the knob 31requires to he turned with .the fingers, so that the free end of the Tospring 84 gets out of the respective notch 33 and slides on theperiphery of the circular portion, until it engages in the next notch33, when the carriage will be adjusted.

The manner of operating the kin'ematograph will now be evident.Supposing the first picture in the first series is in line with theopening 48 in the carriage, then the operator may turn the crank 4 sayin the direction to the right, that'is'to say'in the direction of thearrow 53 in Fig. 2 for unwinding the film band 17 from the drum 16 andat the same time for actuating the star wheel 12 in the followingmanner, ,As long as the periphery of the notched dish 8 is in contactwith an ofthe arched recesses of the star wheel 2, the'latter will stop.At the moment that the pin 10 on the disk 9 engages in the nextradial'slot of the star wheel l2,"the latter will in a lmown mannei beturned through a partial revolution for changing from one picture to thenext following one. Durin this period theshutter 37 moves past the ojective 22 for preventing'the change of pictures from hem jected on theplane of projection. T e op-.- erator continues turning the crank 4 forexhibiting all the pictures of the first series fine :fter the other.After the last picture as l for c anging from the first serisi to thesecond one, after which he turns the crank 4 in the opposite-direction,that is to say in the direction of the arrow 83 in Fig. 2 for ,windingthe film band 17 on the drum 16 and exhibiting the pictures of thesecond series one after the other. At the end of the second series theoperator again turns the knob 31 for changing from the second series tothe third one, after which he turns the crank 4: in the oppositedirection" indicated by the arrow 53. In this manner the operatoractuates the apparatus until he has exhibited all the pictures.

that the crank 4 can be turned in'either direction without disturbingthe apparatus. The stationary uidc 17 re uires to have two oppositehorlzontal'slots or permitting the rays of-light to pass from to theobjective proper 22'. v

The kiuematograph described -can -be -varied in many respectswithout'departing from the-spirit'of my invention."

Z[ claim: I 1n a kinematograph the combination wit mea'nsforcdgrymg andmoving a film having a nu besof ongitudirmllyjuxtaposed rows ofpictures, of an objective, anill'upro- 95 peared, the operator'turns theknob 31 From the above description it be seen,

the source 23' means for connecting this objective and theilluminatingfievice rigidly adapted to engage any one of such notches,together means slidably carrying the objecsubstantially as set forth.

.tiqe and illuminabing device so that the two 1 s latter can,- beadjusted transversely of the OSKAR MESTER'- 5 film a gear fox-suchadjustments, a thumb Witnesses:

piec for operating the said gear, notches in HENRY I-IASPER,

the said thumb-piece, and a spring-catch WOLDEMAR HAUP'L-

